ey are breeders of mischief. If in want of work,
ply the hoe amongst all kinds of crops, taking care not to break or
bruise healthy leaves, or to disturb the roots of any plant. Dig vacant
plots, and lay the land up in ridges in the roughest manner possible.
Heavy land may be manured now with advantage, but it is not desirable to
manure light land until spring.

==Cabbages== to be planted out as advised last month.

==Cardoon.==--Blanching must be continued.

==Carrots.==--Lift the roots and store in sand.

==Cauliflowers== to be prepared for the winter.

==Celeriac.==--Part of the crop should be lifted and stored in sand; the
plants left in the ground to be protected by earthing over.

==Celery== must be earthed up, and protecting material got ready to assure
its safety during frost.

==Chicory.==--Raise about a dozen plants at a time as required, cut or
wrench off the foliage, and pack the roots, crown upwards, in boxes with
moist leaf-mould or soil. They must be stored in absolute darkness in
some cellar or Mushroom-house which is safe from frost, but a forcing
temperature is detrimental to the flavour. Gathering may commence about
three weeks after storing. The yield is abundant, and is of especial
value for salading through the autumn and winter months.

==Endive== to be blanched for use as it acquires full size, but not
before, as the blanching makes an end of growth.

==Lettuce.==--Continue to plant as before advised, and make a final sowing
in frames not later than the middle of the month.

==Parsnips== may be dug all the winter as wanted. Although a slight frost
will not injure them when left in the ground, protection by rough litter
is needful in very severe weather. It often happens that they grow
freely soon after the turn of the year, and then become worthless.

==Potatoes== to be taken up and stored with all possible speed.

==Rhubarb== for forcing should be taken up and laid aside in a dry, cool
place, exposed to the weather. This gives the roots a check, and
constitutes a kind of winter, which in some degree prepares them for the
forcing pit.

==Roots==, such as Beet, Salsify, and Turnip, to be taken up as soon as
possible, and stored for the winter.

==Winter Greens== may still be transplanted, and it is often better to use
up the remainder of the seed-beds than to let the plants stand. In the
event of a severe winter, these late-planted Greens may not be of much
value; but in a mild gro